Improved spring bed-bottom



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BANNER ANB SAMUEL BANNER, OF CANTON ,A OHIO.

|MPaovED SPRING BED-BOTTOM;

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 43, l04, dated June 14,1864.

To @ZZ whom, t may concern.'

Be it known that we, JOHN BANNER and SAMUEL BANNER, of Canton, in thecounty of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Spring Bed-Bottoms; andwe do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' theconstruction and operation of the same, reference heilig had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part'ot' this specin'cation, in which-Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section through a bedstead,and showing the spring-bottom in place. Fig. 2 represents a verticaltransverse section through the same. Figs. 3 and 4 represent brokenviews of a modified form ot' spring which may be used instead ot' thecoiled springs shown in the other igures.

Similar letters ot' reference, where theyoeeur, denote like parts in allthe drawings.

Our invention consists in providing brackets for the slats and springsto rest upon and be guided in, said brackets being easily removed orreplaced upon the bedstead or bedframe.

To enable others skilled in the art to makeI and use our invention, wewill proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

A B may represent the ordinary head and foot rail or board of abedstead, and C the side pieces thereof, D being the legs or supports. i

E E represent a series of brackets, which we prefer to make of metal,but which may be made of wood.. These brackets have side pieces, a,bot-tom pieces, b, and lugs c, which lugs have slots 2 in them, by whichthe brack ets may be hooked on or suspended to the incumbent weight uponthem. The ends of these slats are supported, respectively, by one of theends of the springs d, the other ends ot' said springs resting upon thebottoms I) ot the brackets. It is immaterial to the action ofthebed-bottom whether these springs belike those shown in Figs. 1 and 2 orlike those shown in Figs. 3 and 4, or whether they be rubber or anyother kind of springs, so long as they support the slats in the bracketsand allow the slats to freely sink or rise, and be guided in theirvertical motions by said brackets.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim therein as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Uniting and supporting the slats by means ot' interposed springs uponand Within the walls ot' the brackets E, which brackets are removableand replaceable at pleasure, all substantially as described andrepresented.

JOHN BANNER. SAMUEL BANNER.

Witnesses:

W. W. CLARK, I. E. THOMPSON.

